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Wednesday May 16, 2007

Starting GlassFish v2 Beta we now
have a Update Center. The idea is to use Update Center to deliver
GlassFish
add-on components, updates and to provide a mechanism to enable
community contributions. We do not have update
support in this first release of Update Center. Various different
add-on components are
delivered through Update Center.I would like to describe how to get
started using Update Center.

Run <GlassFish
v2 install root>\\updatecenter\\bin\\updatetool.bat to start Update
Center.
Below is the screen shot of Update Center when it comes up.

By default, Available Software tab
is selected and you should see all the available GlassFish add-on
components here. You may see empty list here in case Update Center is
not able to connect to the Update Center server. Probable cause may be
that you are behind the proxy server. If so, please provide proxy
server information by switching to Preferences tab.

Check Connect through a proxy
server check-box and provide the proxy server name and port. In
case your proxy server requires authentication, use Proxies require authentication
check-box and provide username and password. You may need to provide
ssl proxy server name and port. Just uncheck Use Http proxy for all protocols
check-box if same proxy server is used for ssl connections. Save the
proxy information by using Save
button. Now, check for updates by clicking Check for Updates button on the
top. You should see the Update
Checker dialog with download completed message. If you see
download failed message on update checker dialog, means, you are still
not able to connect to the Update Center server. Please make sure
your network is up and you can access Internet using the proxy
information you provided.

Please note that Java EE 5
Samples also got selected. This is because Java EE Blueprints has
dependency on Java EE 5 Samples.
To install these selected components click Install button. Accept license
agreements. Note, once installation is complete, the installed
components are no more available in Available Software list. You
can see these installed components in the Installed Software tab.